Maybe use analog inputs and outputs and hook them up to a custom Python HAL component that handles the serialization for storing between sessions?
https://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/gcode/m-code.html#mcode:m66 https://linuxcnc.org/docs/2.8/html/gcode/m-code.html#mcode:m68 Those hook into the motion.analog-in-## and motion.analog-out-## HAL pins. -John On Thu, May 9, 2024 at 11:50 AM Todd Zuercher via Emc-users < emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net> wrote: > I would like to create a few persistent global named parameters. I want > to be able to set and read the values of these parameters and save the > value from one session to the next, and I want to be able to have the > current value of these expressed as a hal output pin. > > I want to use these parameters for setting and remembering the position > offsets for extra joints (non axes joints). > > Am I thinking along the right lines for this, or might there be a better > way? Initially I thought about using tool offset table values, but I > wasn't sure how to get those as hal pins to use in the hal file for > offsetting the joint's position. > > Todd Zuercher > P. Graham Dunn Inc.<http://www.pgrahamdunn.com/index.php> > 630 Henry Street > Dalton, Ohio 44618 > Phone: (330)828-2105ext. 2031 > > > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users > _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list Emc-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
